Assembly Actions -
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Jan 12, 2024 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S8199
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 14th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2023-S8199 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S8199 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8199 SPONSOR: COMRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to permitting the exchange of drivers licenses from certain countries PURPOSE: To allow individuals who have obtained their driver's license from a Caribbean country to convert it to a New York State driver's license. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill adds subdivision 1-a to § 502 of the vehicle and traffic law to direct the commissioner of the department of motor vehi- cles to accept, as valid for proof of identification, age, and examina- tion a driver's license issued by Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guya- na, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinque, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint
2023-S8199 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8199 I N S E N A T E January 12, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to permitting the exchange of drivers licenses from certain countries THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 1-A. LICENSE EXCHANGE FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ACCEPT AS VALID FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION, AGE AND EXAMINATION A DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED FROM A COUNTRY LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND SHALL ISSUE A LICENSE TO DRIVE IN THIS STATE TO AN INDIVIDUAL HOLDING A LICENSE DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, PROVIDED HOWEV- ER, THE INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION AND THE VISION TEST REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION. (B) A DRIVERS LICENSE ISSUED BY THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES SHALL BE VALID FOR PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION: ANGUILLA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ARUBA, BAHAMAS, BARBADOS, BONAIRE, BRIT- ISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, CAYMAN ISLANDS, CUBA, CURACAO, DOMINICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, GRENADA, GUADELOUPE, GUYANA, HAITI, JAMAICA, MARTINIQUE, MONT- SERRAT, PUERTO RICO, SABA, SAINT BARTHELEMY, SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, SAINT MARTIN, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, SINT EUSTA- TIUS, SINT MAARTEN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES. (C) A LICENSE ISSUED BY A COUNTRY LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE ACCEPTED FOR EXCHANGE IF IT: IS VALID OR HAS EXPIRED WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS; STATES THE DATE UPON WHICH IT WAS ISSUED AND IT WAS ISSUED A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE APPLICATION; AND IS NOT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, LOST OR STOLEN. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03701-01-3
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